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State health regulators have launched an investigation into a second Maryland hospital suspected of performing unnecessary medical procedures like those alleged at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, according to a report released Wednesday. The report concludes, however, that regulators are largely powerless to prevent medical fraud even when they suspect it. The latest investigation began after regulators reviewed data that shows how frequently Maryland hospitals use cardiac stents to treat heart patients. Dr. Mark Midei, former head of the cardiac lab at St. Joseph, is accused of placing stents in hundreds patients who did not need them, and the data shows the Towson hospital is...

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State health regulators have launched an investigation into a second Maryland hospital suspected of performing unnecessary medical procedures like those alleged at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, according to a report released Wednesday.
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